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We exited this past ''shabbat'' to hear the [https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-805424 amazing news] that four of our hostages had been rescued in a dangerous and daring operation. My friend’s [https://penamacorrespondent.blog/what-im-not-writing-about-this-week/ take on it] was more subdued. The responses to it and [https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/10/middleeast/inside-israels-hostage-rescue-intl-dst/index.html reporting about it] from “the world” were absolutely shocking; at least, they would be if you hadn’t been paying attention these past months.

As for us, this week’s travails were interrupted by the holiday of ''shavuot'', a welcome respite from “things”. We did an all-dairy holiday this time. Esther made two kinds of ice-cream: her usual “dulce-de-leche” and a new one, “cheese-cake” — which tasted ''exactly'' like cheese-cake (less the crust). In addition, we had pan-fried fish for dinner, and lasagna (and guests!) for lunch. A most satisfying holiday, all told.

We worked, occasionally, the rest of the week; though probably not as effectively as we do on non-interrupted weeks.

Think on these, if you will:
* The [https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/06/06/gaza-floating-pier-repair-cost/ repair cost] of the US-built “Gaza pier” is north of $22M. The US truly has pierless leadership.
* The Perfidious President: [https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-us-considering-deal-with-hamas-without-israel-to-free-5-american-hostages/ US considers deal with Hamas], without Israeli involvement.
* A thread: [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1800009828871602386.html things Mahmoud Abbas has said] about Jews, Zionism, and the Holocaust. He’s “the moderate”, you’ll recall.
* In Portland, the [https://www.city-journal.org/article/in-portland-the-intifada-begins-in-kindergarten ''intifada'' begins in kindergarten]. And it used to be such a pleasant city.
* Mallen on the end of the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk7odYJpcpg hydrogen moment].
* My medieval weapons-master gives sound advice: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_tvW6D4ZGE don’t get shot by fire-arrows]!
* And all about that Mad Lad (well, Lady): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIlpYe-Wx9I Boudica].

You’ll recall from last week that I had successfully digitized VHS tapes. However, I was quite dissatisfied with the quality: they were “jumpy” and a bit fuzzy as well. Eventually, I did figure out a fix for this, and now I have very nice clear and non-jumpy videos, but the file size is ''huge''. So, a question for my techie audience: what options should I give to [https://www.ffmpeg.org “ffmpeg”] in order to produce a small video (with decent quality)? My current setup is using the libx284 video codec and crf 23, on a 720p input stream. Should I be post-processing somehow?

Regarding ''zemanim'': well, Android is causing me some difficulties, which I hope to rectify this coming week.

The weather was even more ''toasty'' this week, which is not happy-making. The main problem is that it’s not been cooling overnight, so the house doesn’t get a chance to cool: it was 31C this morning! Eventually the heat wave will subside, we’ve been assured…

Our menu this ''shabbat'' includes:<br>
homemade ''ḥalla'',
baked chicken,
rice,
various ''salatim'',
and banana cake.
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Until next time,<br>
''shabbat shalom''! <br>

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